We always hear about a need for new taxes to help our schools. I'm not buying it. One of the big pushes for legalization of marijuana here in Colorado was that the money would be used for education. Last year, Colorado collected over 260 million in marijuana taxes. Not one penny went to...

+5 We always hear about a need for new taxes to help our schools. I'm not buying it. One of the big pushes for legalization of marijuana here in Colorado was that the money would be used for education. Last year, Colorado collected over 260 million in marijuana taxes. Not one penny went to teachers or students. Now they want to increase property taxes and other taxes, to support our schools, once again. Where the hell is the money going and why aren't corrupt politicians being held accountable?

by Anonymous 5 years ago

They want to pass a bill like that here also. I haven't seen where our marijuana taxes have gone but the Lotto taxes were also supposed to help schools. I haven't seen any of it put to use here yet either. Probably a bit to early to tell yet where the money from marijuana is going yet. We shall see.

by Anonymous 5 years ago

Don't forget that gas tax to fix our roads. Have you seen any roads actually being repaired yet?

by Anonymous 5 years ago

Good point! Some of them are down right shitty!

by Anonymous 5 years ago

Sh*tty is the word. https://www.amirite.com/822774#comment-2817581

by Anonymous 5 years ago

Humbolt county has always been a haven for druggies. Addicts dropping dead from overdosing, isn't worth throwing money at. No one cares about those people to begin with.

by Anonymous 5 years ago

Maybe so, but the article says the local taxpayers sure care... they don't want their kids stepping on or playing with used needles. I could see where the proggie pols in Sacramento wouldn't give a damn about a Republican county, but Humboldt went for Hillary by 25 points over Trump in 2016. But on second thought, the proggie pols don't seem to give a damn about the druggies, needles and feces on the streets of San Francisco either. As long as that stuff is far-removed from their walled-in, secure mansions, as in any third-world country.

by Anonymous 5 years ago

We have walled in communities and private police to keep the garbage out of our neighborhoods. I've always thought the homeless should be used for medical tests. They don't seem to be any good for anything else.

by Anonymous 5 years ago

By all means, "let them --snort coke-- eat cake," Monsieur.

by Anonymous 5 years ago

Flanders - are you serious? I mean, I make off hand comments sometimes to make a point. Is that what this is?

by Anonymous 5 years ago

yeah, pretty much

by Anonymous 5 years ago

So somebody should be able to decide who has value and who doesn't? And those that don't make the cut can become lab experiments? And that sounds like a good idea to you? Not for a horror movie plot, but to actually do in real life?

by Anonymous 5 years ago

Maybe they'll use it to clean the used needles off the roads. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/us/california-heroin-opioid.html

by Anonymous 5 years ago

The same thing happened in NY when they established a state lottery and legalized off-track betting. The taxes were supposed to go to schools, which were/are already vastly overpriced. Naturally, the money went elsewhere.

by Anonymous 5 years ago

Politicians always promise, but rarely deliver. When it comes to money, they come up with elaborate schemes to get you to pay more taxes, then use that money for whatever they want.

by Anonymous 5 years ago

Yep. Lottery, casino revenue....schools and roads. Have you ever been on our roads? Or seen our schools ratings?

by Anonymous 5 years ago

In 1995 the politicians of PA voted themselves a 50% pay increase, literally in the middle of the night. The judges were included in that increase so of course there was no accountability through the judicial system. That is where a good deal of money went, in their pockets. I'm also tired of "it's for the kids" cry. It feels like it is all just a scam and they just keep proving it.

by Anonymous 5 years ago

It's a great business model though. Tax (almost) everyone to help a few. In New York State, once the bonds used for the construction of the thruway had been paid the tolls were supposed to be removed. They were repaid in 1996, but the tolls remain. Who knows how that money is spent today?

by Anonymous 5 years ago